Education Mental Health Practitioner Calderdale MHST
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Job summary
The Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) role provides an exciting opportunity to be trained in evidence-based interventions for children and young people in educational settings.
This programme is part of the national Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme and developed from the Government green paper on young peoples mental health.
EMHPs will work within the existing Calderdale Mental Health Support Team (MHST), providing low intensity interventions in schools/colleges whilst undertaking a programme of training during the first year in post.
The successful applicants will be enrolled on the HEE Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice at Sheffield University. The post- holders will attend taught and self-study days and will work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills to support young people.
Interviews will be held on 17th and 18th November.
Main duties of the job
Through university learning and with support and supervision from the team the EMHPs will:
Offer high quality early intervention support to children, young people and parents
Provide support to staff in education settings as part of the Whole Setting Approach
Work in partnership with other services
Engage children, young people and their families to help develop the service
Candidates must have a proven record of academic attainment and ability to study at degree level, and a willingness and ability to complete further studies.
Candidates who are selected for interview will need to complete an additional written exercise to ensure eligibility for the training.
It is strongly desirable that applicants will have previous experience of working with children and young people.
About us
All staff within the Calderdale Mental Health Support Team are employed by Northpoint Wellbeing, a local charity that provides a range of services to promote emotional wellbeing. We believe that timely access to appropriate support, particularly talking therapies, is an effective way of promoting emotional wellbeing and relieving mental distress, for people of all ages and backgrounds.
When consulted on the workforce, children and young people have told us they want to be supported by staff who can identify with them, who have empathetic skills, who listen, and who involve them in decisions about their care.
Young people also felt the Open Minds Partnership workforce should be representative of the population they support.
Therefore, we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who will help to make the Mental Health Support Team representative of the Calderdale population in terms of ethnicity, disability, sexuality, and lived experience (i.e. experience as service users).
Details
Date posted
09 September 2021
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£24,882 a year Currently £24,882. Progressing to Band 5 after training course.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B0173-21-1854
Job locations
9 Clare Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2HX
Employer details
Employer name
Northpoint Wellbeing Ltd
Address
9 Clare Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2HX
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